Clarence thomas and chaired those hearings. Our coverage of the State Of The Union will continue now with our colleagues. Dont go anywhere. Stay right here. Good evening and welcome to msnbcs State Of The Union coverage. Imtonight President Joe Biden gave a rousing speech just a few feet from where we are now. Noting the country is eyeing a reflection point with democracy under threat at home and abroad. Here is how he opened his speech, invoking fdr in 1941 telling congress that hitler was on the march. President roosevelts purpose is to wake up congress and alert the American People. That this was no ordinary time. Freedom in democracy were under assault in the world. And now its we who face some unprecedented moment in history of the union. Yes, our purpose tonight is to wake up congress and to alert the American People that this is no ordinary moment either. Not since president lincoln and The Civil War Had Freedom Of Democracy and as they are today. What makes our moment rare is t
Bret alive look at the u. S. Capitol a beautiful evening in washington as we are Just Moments Away from President Biden and tonights state of the Union Address, good evening from washington i am bret baier. Martha i am Martha Maccallum in moments we will be on the house floor from the familiar call of the sergeant at arms will make his way down the aisle greeted by lawmakers along the way. Bret you can see mitt romney talking to joe mansion it seems like they are pretty engaged in some conversation that can happen on the sidelines as you have a lot of lawmakers waiting a long time in the chamber, a lot of folks expressing themselves, different ways, republican some of them wearing buttons about the border, others dressed in white on the democratic side in solidarity, we set the stage now with White House Correspondent with a preview of the president s speech good evening. Good evening officials at the white house think that most people who will watch it tonight have not been very polit
things to know for this thursday, april 6th former vice president, mike pence, cleared to testify in the justice department s january 6th investigation. pence announced he will not appeal a judge s order. and san francisco police investigating the stabbing death of cash app founder bob lee. no suspect has been named. also today, the tennessee house is planning a vote to expel three of its democratic members. republicans want them out for violating house rules during a gun reform protest. also israeli forces raiding jerusalem s all aqsa mosque for a second time just hours apart, actually palestinian officials report that at least six people have been injured and set to tee off the masters are playing host to golf s biggest stars, as many are heading to augusta to get today to get a glimpse of tiger woods this morning starts right now. papa you re really going to the masters, aren t you? that s why you re there. you i wish i ve never been to the masters, but maybe i will stay a
January 6th capital attack and trump s efforts to overturn that election. this means depends could potentially testify under oath about conversations. he had one on one with trump leading up to that day. so let s bring in senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid. this is certainly precedent setting. and it s never happened before. if he does this that s right, papi. this could be a historic moment if pence, is able to testify about the pressure campaign that he faced from the former president and his allies to block biden s victory. this has been something that investigators have been particularly interested in as they investigate the events leading up to january 6th. this would be the first time that he s participating in an investigation against the former president. now there is, though some carve out there are some carve outs here for him are some exceptions specifically, he will not have to testify about anything related to his work as president of the senate on january 6th.
Wide plus get free design services uber dot com melanie s nana in washington and this is cnn. there s your beautiful atlanta skyline this morning. happy to be with you. welcome back to cnn this morning. we are following a significant development in the justice department s january 6th investigation. former vice president mike pence will not fight a judge s order to testify before a special grand jury expects some of that testimony to focus on conversations that he had directly with president trump in the days and weeks leading up to the insurrection on january 6th. this will be once again a precedent setting historic event. no former vice president has ever complied with a criminal investigation subpoena to testify about a former president s actions with me now to talk about this, and also the probe going on here in georgia is cnn political